<i>I was reading some documentation on VMS the other day (don't ask), and found out something really interesting. VMS has per-thread security. Thus, a multi-threaded database application could still have ridged security even though it is one process.</i>
Linus has this feature, too (and FreeBSD using the linuxthreads port). But many people consider this a bug and not a feature....
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<i>I was reading some documentation on VMS the other day (don't ask), and found out something really interesting. VMS has per-thread security. Thus, a multi-threaded database application could still have ridged security even though it is one process.</i>
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Linus has this feature, too (and FreeBSD using the linuxthreads port). But many people consider this a bug and not a feature